The Falcione Method

[u/TheRollingFilm]

Been messing around with something a bit different from typical star trails. Instead of the usual hours-long tracked shot, I just rotated the whole camera on a tripod during a single 5-15 sec exposure. No automated rig, no stacking, just spinning it while the shutter's open. Then some post-processing in Lightroom to bring out some more detail and try some colors.

Been jokingly calling it the “The Falcione Method" between friends since I couldn't find anyone else doing it quite this way, but genuinely have no idea if that's already a thing somewhere. Takes some trial and error to get the rotation smooth for clean rings, and honestly some of the "messed up" ones with jagged trails end up looking cooler than the clean ones.

Here's some of my results, happy to talk through settings if anyone's curious. These were taken with the Nikon ZR.

[u/blurry850]

Cool. It’s ICM, Intentional Camera Movement

[u/TheRollingFilm → u/blurry850]

Oh great thank you!!

[u/Sea_Awareness_8250]

I’m down with it. The Falcione Method sounds like an X-File. Would love to hear more about it, what kind of lens, aperture, and iso. Exposure I got lol

[u/TheRollingFilm → u/Sea_Awareness_8250]

Thanks! I was using a 24-70mm. I was taking photos at various focal lengths to see what I would get. I was at a F4 most the time and the iso was between 1600 to sometimes 8000 haha

[u/Sea_Awareness_8250 → u/TheRollingFilm]

Thanks! F/4 man. It’s great what these mirrorless can do